Slog - Comments on You Can Never Have a Bad Show http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show I found this picture of Leslie Hall's recent Seattle show in my phone last night. My boyfriend dragged me to Hall's show on his birthday last month and I loved it—and so did all the other fags in the room—bears and twinks, young and old. Just more proof that homosexuality has a genetic component, I think. But Hall didn't inspire me to take this crap picture. I took it because I was mesmerized by all the cell phones and iPhones and digital video cameras being held up during her performance. Does anyone else remember when "recording devices" were banned... Copyright 2008 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:15:29 -0800 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:41:55 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by COMTE Well, it's not like anyone is going to get a decent bootleg from :15 of crappy 3mpx video from a cellphone anyway, so I seriously doubt it's that pressing of an issue.

Besides, holding up your cellphone at a concert to take a crappy low-rez picture or video has now become the post-milleneum equivalent of hoisting a Bic disposable lighter over your head.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c992931 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c992931 Nightlife Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:01:57 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave who the fuck is leslie hall?

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c992945 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c992945 Nightlife Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:08:02 -0800 Comment by b i am so glad you love leslie hall. another reason to love dan.

www.leslieandthelys.com

]]> b http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c992994 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c992994 Nightlife Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:33:33 -0800 Comment by bucket I've been looking online for one of those portable cell phone blocking devices. They're pretty pricey. I dream of buying one. WHY? Because I love to dance and I am so gawddamn tired of twinks on the dance floor at the Cuff (other places, too, I assume) STANDING stock still, checking their gawddamn cell phone messages.
I'm too young to sound like one of those "stay off my grass" codgers, but for gawdssakes HANG UP and DANCE or GET OFF THE FLOOR!!!

]]> bucket http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c993013 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c993013 Nightlife Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:42:19 -0800 Comment by Gay Seattle Um...excuse me, but didn't online digital videos make Leslie Hall as big star is she is today? She is not on VH1's top 20 list as one the biggest online sensations for nothing. Funny, one of her biggest causes is against web censorship.
My gay review of the show was here:
http://gayseattle.blogspot.com/2008/03/shazam-leslie-hall-bedazzles-seattle.html

]]> Gay Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c993023 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c993023 Nightlife Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:45:34 -0800 Comment by SR Please, you think that's bad, go to Japan sometime.

I just came back from 5 months in Tokyo, where EVERY cell phone has a camera with a decent resolution. If something ever happens, be it an outdoor performance or Godzilla attacking, you can bet that there'll be at least 30 Japanese people standing in front holding out their cell phones.

Hopefully, that's not where we'll be in five years when the technology catches up over here.

]]> SR http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c993098 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c993098 Nightlife Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:17:19 -0800 Comment by superyeadon I thought that was a photo you took at a KISS show.

]]> superyeadon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c993100 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c993100 Nightlife Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:18:06 -0800 Comment by Michigan Matt SHUT UP, DAN!!! I just downloaded her newest album! One of my favorite lines goes something like this: "And when I'm gonna make a mix tape. I'm gonna call that mix tape gold. How gold? How gold? Country Music Legends Gold!" And it's a rap.

I love Mother Gem.

]]> Michigan Matt http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c993122 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c993122 Nightlife Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:28:10 -0800 Comment by bobcat Dealextreme has a good cell phone blocker. Since it is highly illegal i will not comment on it, nor the benefits of having one on the bus or trying to eat. But if i did have one, that would be awesome.

Cellphotos are pretty fun. We have a custom cellphotobot called stakbot. Send a cell photo to stakbot@gmail.com and it pops up in my forum minutes later. Always fun to see where people are ie mountains, shows, surfing, jail etc. No weeners please.

www.sleestak.net/forum

]]> bobcat http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c993130 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c993130 Nightlife Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:31:08 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle It's all about the fire laws that don't let us use Bic lighters or Torches anymore.

Bygones. Our fire spinning days killed by the anti-American fire nazis.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c993133 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c993133 Nightlife Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:32:50 -0800 Comment by bobcat Oh yeah, if I had a cell phone blocker it would often work well at packed coffee joints where fucking idiot students sit for 6 hours doing their homework not buying anything. Especially the ones that take up a 4 seat table by themselves.

]]> bobcat http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c993140 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c993140 Nightlife Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:36:20 -0800 Comment by Dawgson @4: Are you the same Bucket who spilled my drink at the Eagle on Saturday?

If so, maybe you shouldn't be throwing stones about unpleasant bar behavior?

xoxo.

]]> Dawgson http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c993162 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c993162 Nightlife Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:44:15 -0800 Comment by JTContinental She's the gem sweater woman....

]]> JTContinental http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c993184 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c993184 Nightlife Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:00:27 -0800 Comment by bucket @12 Hmmmm...did I spill your drink at the Eagle? If I did, perhaps I didn't realize it. I usually apologize when I inadvertantly bump into guys in bars. Did I not apologize? Did you not demand an apology?

As for my glass house (or is that a glass soapbox?) my rant is about intentional selfish behaviour - not legitimate accidents.

I'd be a total hypocrite if I spilled your drink while I was waving a cellphone - I'm sure that's not the case.

Sorry about the spill - catch me at the Eagle sometime and I'll buy you a beer.

]]> bucket http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c993278 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c993278 Nightlife Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:01:34 -0800 Comment by Liston Agreed, Will. I miss my concert torch. I used to wave it around and also pump it up and down all concert long.

]]> Liston http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c993335 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c993335 Nightlife Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:45:11 -0800 Comment by Dawgson @14: I left to escort a friend outside and when I came back my drink was spilled and my friends pinned it on you.

*I* apologize for getting all passive aggressive on the Slog. I'm with you: Inappropriate cellphone use at bars and concert pisses me off too.

]]> Dawgson http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c993343 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c993343 Nightlife Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:56:30 -0800 Comment by Irena @15, what you did with your "concert torch" is nobody's business but your own.

]]> Irena http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c993555 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c993555 Nightlife Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:28:22 -0800 Comment by David @11: If all the tables are taken and someone's sitting alone at a 4 seater, you should say, "Mind if I sit here" (not really as a question but as a statement), as you pull out the chair across from him or her and sit down.

]]> David http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c993561 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c993561 Nightlife Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:44:22 -0800 Comment by Kristen Truax Hey!! There I am on Stage left NOT in anyone's way! YAY! Dan, I'm so happy you made it out to see Leslie. She's an absolute doll.

]]> Kristen Truax http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c994823 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/you_can_never_have_a_bad_show#c994823 Nightlife Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:41:55 -0800